Charley Pride

I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.

— Charley Pride

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

— Charley Pride

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

— Charley Pride

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

— Charley Pride

I might have become a minor celebrity but royalty checks were a long way off.

— Charley Pride

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

— Charley Pride

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.

— Charley Pride

There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.

— Charley Pride

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I…

— Charley Pride

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion…

— Charley Pride

I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more…

— Charley Pride

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

— Charley Pride

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang…

— Charley Pride

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of…

— Charley Pride

Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.

— Charley Pride

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had…

— Charley Pride

I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used…

— Charley Pride

I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.

— Charley Pride

There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.

— Charley Pride

There were very few black people in Montana but we never felt out of place.

— Charley Pride

I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.

— Charley Pride

I realize I was more of a curiosity to the older Nashville artists than the new ones.

— Charley Pride

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

— Charley Pride

As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.

— Charley Pride

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.

— Charley Pride

Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.

— Charley Pride

I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.

— Charley Pride

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

— Charley Pride

It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

— Charley Pride

Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.

— Charley Pride

Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.

— Charley Pride

After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.

— Charley Pride

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

— Charley Pride

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

— Charley Pride

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

— Charley Pride

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

— Charley Pride

I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.

— Charley Pride

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

— Charley Pride

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

— Charley Pride

Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.

— Charley Pride